Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office take their turn during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge. The event returns Saturday at 10 a.m. at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department's special response team take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of the Galvez-Lake Volunteer Fire Department take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State Police Trooper Jared Sandifer assumes the cannonball position as he braces for impact Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State Police Trooper Jared Sandifer, left, watches as Louisiana State Police Sgt. Johnnie Brown takes a second plunge, this time by way of a backflip, Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State University Police Capt. Cory Lalonde, from left, Officer. Mark Nehlig, Det. Jason Bettencourt, and Officer James Pittman take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State University Police Capt. Cory Lalonde, Officer Mark Nehlig, Det. Jason Bettencourt and Officer James Pittman take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State University Police Officer James Pittman takes a second plunge, this time by way of a backflip, during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members Lydia's Team take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of Lydia's Team watch as athlete Amy Scanlan takes the plunge into the waiting arms of Baton Rouge Police Dive Team members during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge Saturday at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of the team dubbed Bryson's Heroes, of Denham Springs, take the plunge during the eighth annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales on Feb. 28. More than 140 people participated. The fundraiser garnered an estimated $75,000, said Maj. Ward Webb, one of the organizers and jumpers with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie, right, joins in taking the plunge with members of the department's special response team Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Photos: Polar Plunge

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office take their turn during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge. The event returns Saturday at 10 a.m. at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department's special response team take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of the Galvez-Lake Volunteer Fire Department take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State Police Trooper Jared Sandifer assumes the cannonball position as he braces for impact Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State Police Trooper Jared Sandifer, left, watches as Louisiana State Police Sgt. Johnnie Brown takes a second plunge, this time by way of a backflip, Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State University Police Capt. Cory Lalonde, from left, Officer. Mark Nehlig, Det. Jason Bettencourt, and Officer James Pittman take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State University Police Capt. Cory Lalonde, Officer Mark Nehlig, Det. Jason Bettencourt and Officer James Pittman take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Louisiana State University Police Officer James Pittman takes a second plunge, this time by way of a backflip, during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members Lydia's Team take the plunge Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of Lydia's Team watch as athlete Amy Scanlan takes the plunge into the waiting arms of Baton Rouge Police Dive Team members during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge Saturday at Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Members of the team dubbed Bryson's Heroes, of Denham Springs, take the plunge during the eighth annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales on Feb. 28. More than 140 people participated. The fundraiser garnered an estimated $75,000, said Maj. Ward Webb, one of the organizers and jumpers with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie, right, joins in taking the plunge with members of the department's special response team Saturday during the annual Louisiana Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Cabela's in Gonzales.

The annual Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics Louisiana was held at the Cabela’s Lake in Gonzales Saturday. Lawmen, special Olympians and volunteeers jumped into the cold waters for the organization.